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it's an opportunity to reduce our deficit and make our government work better. this amendment represents a relatively small change to the bill but i believe it speaks to a larger principle. it will be an inappropriate use of taxpayer money to purchase more cars when so many folks across the country are being forced out of work and so many critical projects sit untouched. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. frelinghuysen: i move to strike the last word, mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. to relinghuysen: i rise oppose the gentleman from georgia's amendment. the amendment -- his amendment is overly broad and would prevent the department of energy, the army corps of engineers, the bureau of reclamation, the national nuclear security agency, all agencies covered under our bill from leasing our purchasing any new vehicles. i understand my colleague's concerns with the s
it's an opportunity to reduce our deficit and make our government work better. this amendment represents a relatively small change to the bill but i believe it speaks to a larger principle. it will be an inappropriate use of taxpayer money to purchase more cars when so many folks across the country are being forced out of work and so many critical projects sit untouched. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his...
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this $48 million would be put towards deficit reduction. look, opponents of the amendment are go to go claim this money is necessary for national security, but in fact that could not be further from the truth. in fact the question of the whether or not the united states enrichment corporation is truly vital is being reviewed by the general accountability office which is expected to release a report on both the national security question as well as the economics of sending further taxpayer dollars to the united states enrichment corporation. because the report is pending, t is in the best interest of hard-earned taxpayer dollars we suspend aid until we have more information as to what the company is doing with the money it is receiving. the united states enrichment corporation is so poorly run, last may the new york stock exchange threatened to delist them due to its financial health. articles over the years have documented its financial woes and the near monthly collapse of its stock prices. during the june share holders' meeting, 80% of th
this $48 million would be put towards deficit reduction. look, opponents of the amendment are go to go claim this money is necessary for national security, but in fact that could not be further from the truth. in fact the question of the whether or not the united states enrichment corporation is truly vital is being reviewed by the general accountability office which is expected to release a report on both the national security question as well as the economics of sending further taxpayer...
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the student loan program itself is paying down the national deficit because of the profit the federal government makes. it's time to stop that and make student loans affordable for students and for their families. this congress simply has not done right by students. forcing these students to continue to graduate with an increasing mountain of debt while at the same time they lament the students are graduating with increased debt. that's what the republicans offered, that's why as my colleague from colorado said it was dead on arrival when it went to the senate. it was dead on a bipartisan basis when it went to the senate. the time has come now to defeat the previous question so that we can bring the one-year fix to make sure that students are protected from the doubling of the interest rates that is now occurring because of the inaction by the republicans in the house of representatives. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from colorado reserves. the gentleman from texas is recog
the student loan program itself is paying down the national deficit because of the profit the federal government makes. it's time to stop that and make student loans affordable for students and for their families. this congress simply has not done right by students. forcing these students to continue to graduate with an increasing mountain of debt while at the same time they lament the students are graduating with increased debt. that's what the republicans offered, that's why as my colleague...
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we did it in 2005 under the ccra anchts the deficit reduction reduction act. senator harkin's appropriations committee has made changes to the eligibility rules to the pell grants each of the past several years outside of the higher education authorization, including the elimination of summer eligibility, ability to benefit, and lower of the automatic enrollment for low-income students. i mean, it -- it's just not fair to come and say, to me, that i'm doing an outside higher reauthorization. there is a track record continually of the person that accused us of doing it of doing it himself, of let me say that he is accurate. i'd be happy to yield. mr. manchin: if i could, i want to thank the good senator for working in such a bipartisan manner. this bill haif this bill has bed as belonging to one party or the other, it is wrong. we sat down together, senator cobun, senator a aalexander, senator burr, and we had senator carperrer and looked at how we could fiction something. this deadline hit, we knew one year ago when we extended it, they said it was a political
we did it in 2005 under the ccra anchts the deficit reduction reduction act. senator harkin's appropriations committee has made changes to the eligibility rules to the pell grants each of the past several years outside of the higher education authorization, including the elimination of summer eligibility, ability to benefit, and lower of the automatic enrollment for low-income students. i mean, it -- it's just not fair to come and say, to me, that i'm doing an outside higher reauthorization....
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you know, students have already contributed billions to deficit reduction. but the problem is senate republican leader has insisted all other proposals that we balance the budget on the backs of struggling students and their families, and so far they have refused to put the interest of students and tomorrow's middle class ahead of tax code spending that benefits the wealthy. what they've introduced is a bill that includes no cap on how high student loan rates could go, something c.b.o. tells us will mean students could be locked in at rates over 8% in just a few short years. and in fact, it would be better to absolutely do nothing now than to take up and pass the republican bill. you know, i bet everybody listening knows a family member or a coworker who is up to their neck in student debt. it is a weight that keeps them from helping to grow our economy or start a family or take risks with their careers. and it's a weight that is not easily shed. we can't continue to do this, to generation after generation of college students and expect to be able to compete
you know, students have already contributed billions to deficit reduction. but the problem is senate republican leader has insisted all other proposals that we balance the budget on the backs of struggling students and their families, and so far they have refused to put the interest of students and tomorrow's middle class ahead of tax code spending that benefits the wealthy. what they've introduced is a bill that includes no cap on how high student loan rates could go, something c.b.o. tells us...
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we do not have a deficit right now. we have the opposite of a deficit right now. as of june the u.s. government was taking in $117 billion more that month than it was putting out. we are not in the red, we are in the black. this is the largest june budget surplus ever recorded in the history of the united states of america. but still, a thousand florida national guardsmen are not filling sandbags one day a week every week indefinitely even through storm season because congress panicked about that budget deficit that we do not have. and the deputy manager of the program to land this drone on the "u.s.s. george h.w. bush" says he is furloughing in place on the aircraft carrier while the drone is finally completing its historic landing. this is basically how it goes in the nonsense hold that we call the american congress right now. in that nonsense hole, house republicans find themselves digging deeper and deeper and deeper with no real plans on how to get out. i, though, have an idea for how to help them. do you remember the big deal in washington right now is that
we do not have a deficit right now. we have the opposite of a deficit right now. as of june the u.s. government was taking in $117 billion more that month than it was putting out. we are not in the red, we are in the black. this is the largest june budget surplus ever recorded in the history of the united states of america. but still, a thousand florida national guardsmen are not filling sandbags one day a week every week indefinitely even through storm season because congress panicked about...
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. >> the trillion dollar deficits. >> and it does not look like the republicans are hoping a city. will you write a book for them? >> something about that and i think the republicans demean no, there are people all across the spectrum of both parties. i was asked -- i was speaking about my other book at fort leavenworth, the military base, not the prison. [laughter] and there were 1490 majors for mostly our country, but from around the world. it is a big school. someone asked me, what is the biggest problem that i worry about when i go to bed at night. the answer was american weakness why said that? i think the signal is being sent out from this country is that basically we are modeling american economy of your and it is a failed model. does not work. and there is no way that you can have the deficits we have had and have the debt we are incurring without sending out a signal to the world that this country is not born to be what it was in the past. there is no way that you can do that. you're not going to -- people take that message and they see it. and the -- then you turn around.
. >> the trillion dollar deficits. >> and it does not look like the republicans are hoping a city. will you write a book for them? >> something about that and i think the republicans demean no, there are people all across the spectrum of both parties. i was asked -- i was speaking about my other book at fort leavenworth, the military base, not the prison. [laughter] and there were 1490 majors for mostly our country, but from around the world. it is a big school. someone asked...
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another one was that deficit spending is not bad public policy. a third one, punishment is not a deterrent to crime. and the fourth one -- and this is a big one -- is that government can run our lives better than people can. and that's exactly what we're talking about here. the reason they have been wanting to do this with regulating carbon, i think, is better articulated by a guy that i don't think anyone will argue could be the most knowledgeable scientist in america. his name is richard lindsen with m.i.t.. his quote was that regulating carbon is a bureaucrat's dream. if you regulate carbon, you regulate life. you control life. that's what bureaucrats want to do. that's what the environmentalists want to do in controlling our lives. they want to determine what cars we drive, what kind of houses we live in, how our cities are built, and all of that. and they can do all of this by regulating carbon dioxide. and democrats particularly in the senate have been unsuccessful in passing legislation to accomplish this. this is the key. it was way back d
another one was that deficit spending is not bad public policy. a third one, punishment is not a deterrent to crime. and the fourth one -- and this is a big one -- is that government can run our lives better than people can. and that's exactly what we're talking about here. the reason they have been wanting to do this with regulating carbon, i think, is better articulated by a guy that i don't think anyone will argue could be the most knowledgeable scientist in america. his name is richard...
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any deal on interest rates should not reduce the deficit on the backs of students. we should not trade national debt for student debt. and number two, we need to keep in place an interest rate cap, an interest rate cap as a key consumer protection to shield students from exorbitant rates in the future. now, i have the highest respect for our president. i served with him here. he was on our committee. i only wish that perhaps they had talked to us a little bit before they came out with their proposal. president obama came out with a proposal on student loans. the first president since 1958, first president, not democratic president, first president, democrat or republican, to propose going from a 91 t-bill date to a ten-year treasury note. no other president suggested that. secondly, no president since 1958, no president, has advocated removing the cap. president obama in his proposal proposed removing the cap. well, i believe it's safe to say that our caucus said no, we're not going to do that. we're not going to lift this key consumer protection of having an intere
any deal on interest rates should not reduce the deficit on the backs of students. we should not trade national debt for student debt. and number two, we need to keep in place an interest rate cap, an interest rate cap as a key consumer protection to shield students from exorbitant rates in the future. now, i have the highest respect for our president. i served with him here. he was on our committee. i only wish that perhaps they had talked to us a little bit before they came out with their...
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and if you want to cut the deficit, there are other ways to do it and the cbo says there's no deficit reduction the first ten years and unemployment will be elevated until 2020. look it up, governor. >> -- respected conservative, but -- >> thank you very much. i feel something bad is coming after that, though. >> the tea party, there is a political side to this. here's the utmost politician. the republican party is going to become a minority party. maybe all those tea party republicans in the house will keep their seats. but you're going to continue to lose presidential elections. you're going to lose the hispanic voter even more than you did in the last election. and it's political suicide what you're doing. >> what happened after 1986 that reagan signed? did the republican share of the latino vote go up? >> it did. >> it didn't. h.w. went down. h.w. went down. >> george went up. >> -- amnesty -- >> issues change, and this is a gateway voter. this is a gateway issue for latino voters. >> let me get a break in here. we'll come back and talk a little more about the political reaction t
and if you want to cut the deficit, there are other ways to do it and the cbo says there's no deficit reduction the first ten years and unemployment will be elevated until 2020. look it up, governor. >> -- respected conservative, but -- >> thank you very much. i feel something bad is coming after that, though. >> the tea party, there is a political side to this. here's the utmost politician. the republican party is going to become a minority party. maybe all those tea party...
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y el dÉficit se reducirÁ en 850 mil millones. pero muchos rechazan la legislaiÓn de los indocumentados aunque le cueste votos. >>> los republicanos y sus lideres discutieron cÓmo proceder con la reforma, una reuniÓn decisiva para el futuro de su partido con los votantes hispanos, dijeron que para finales de julio tendrÁn algunas medidas, nada como la ley integral del senado y sin una resoluciÓn antes del receso. esperamos una reforma amplia, que lidie con los 11 millones de aquÍ. >>> y al final de este proceso vamos a encontrar los votos, pero serÁ largo el proceso. >>> aquÍ reconocen que apoyan una reforma amplia con camino a la ciudadanÍa, pero estÁ en manos de joe biden en que su partido no se distancie mÁs. y dicen que tratan de conseguir votos de congresistas en distritos con gran cantidad de hispanos. >>> tenemos que impulsar la polÍtica pÚblica, se trata de tener un paÍs mÁs fuertes y que esta naciÓn represente a toda nuestra comunidad, pero hay condiciones, la seguridad fronteriza deberÁ certificarse ante
y el dÉficit se reducirÁ en 850 mil millones. pero muchos rechazan la legislaiÓn de los indocumentados aunque le cueste votos. >>> los republicanos y sus lideres discutieron cÓmo proceder con la reforma, una reuniÓn decisiva para el futuro de su partido con los votantes hispanos, dijeron que para finales de julio tendrÁn algunas medidas, nada como la ley integral del senado y sin una resoluciÓn antes del receso. esperamos una reforma amplia, que lidie con los 11 millones de...
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and that's made the deficit problem look more benign. which takes the pressure off. but i think you're right. it's just an incredible admission by the white house that they can't implement the affordable care act as they had hoped. by this little blog post by someone at the treasury, oh, by the way, the thing we've been talking about, this -- employers have more than 50 people will have to provide health insurance, we're putting that off for a year. leaving open the question, are other things going to be put off, too? gwen: here's something else which may be put off that's happening in congress. sue, where you spend your days and many nights. >> god bless you. gwen: so we don't have to. let's talk about immigration. this is one of the big issues which made its way through the senate and waiting for what the house does but not at all resolved. >> no. there's this triumphant moment when the senate passed this bill because it was this historic moment and joe biden presided over and the -- and as soon as passed it reality check that it doesn't really mean much in the lon
and that's made the deficit problem look more benign. which takes the pressure off. but i think you're right. it's just an incredible admission by the white house that they can't implement the affordable care act as they had hoped. by this little blog post by someone at the treasury, oh, by the way, the thing we've been talking about, this -- employers have more than 50 people will have to provide health insurance, we're putting that off for a year. leaving open the question, are other things...
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here's a chart that shows america's trade deficit. and energy, imported energy comprises the largest account. we haven't had a balanced trade deficit since the 1970's when the job hemorrhage started in this country. and it gets worse every year. america's future depends on innovation. we can't continue to live like this. every community you go to in this country, they say, well, we have to move somewhere because my child can't find a job or, gosh, i had to get another job and i had my salary cut in half. it's pretty obvious what's been happening. the major category of trade deficits is energy imports. energy. because we are not self-sufficient in energy production in this country. part of the answer lies in new energy systems. systems that even nasa has helped us to begin to invent. yes, in the solar fields. yes, in new hydrogen technologies like cryogenic hydrogen. yes, in natural gas. thank goodness the department invested in fossil fuel technologies. that's where the fracking technologies came from. it came from thinking about the
here's a chart that shows america's trade deficit. and energy, imported energy comprises the largest account. we haven't had a balanced trade deficit since the 1970's when the job hemorrhage started in this country. and it gets worse every year. america's future depends on innovation. we can't continue to live like this. every community you go to in this country, they say, well, we have to move somewhere because my child can't find a job or, gosh, i had to get another job and i had my salary...
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the white house site to the improving economy for t adjustment of the deficit projections saying this year the deficit will be $759 billion of first time it has been below $1 trillion under president obama. crude-oil today down $0.8 in gold gaining $22 selling at $1,235 an ounce and treasury yields dropping with the ted year closing at 10 .6% new details about the deadly crash of flight 214 from san francisco. the focus is now on the pilot who had little experience pleading for the first time as there francisco international business oriented to the runway they crashed. first call only two fatalities among the 307 passengers and crew. it ends the impeccable run of 18 years without a fatality and more than 90 million flight hours made it one of the safest aircraft in aviation history and investigators are trying to determine what caused a small engine aircraft to crash at the alaska air corps yesterday killing all 10 aboard. the pilot of the air taxi was described as highly experienced. some news you may have missed a the weekend a tragedy in canada could be the key to breaking the pol
the white house site to the improving economy for t adjustment of the deficit projections saying this year the deficit will be $759 billion of first time it has been below $1 trillion under president obama. crude-oil today down $0.8 in gold gaining $22 selling at $1,235 an ounce and treasury yields dropping with the ted year closing at 10 .6% new details about the deadly crash of flight 214 from san francisco. the focus is now on the pilot who had little experience pleading for the first time...
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the utica shale in new york would erase the new york deficit. we're not sticking one drill bit in that either. we have oil all over this country. we are not tracki fcking anywhe because we don't have an epa who will stand up and say, we need to do this or this to make it safe. it's all the above angs. we don't have that because we have no plan. there's been four environmental studies on the keystone pipeline. all are clean. we aren't doing it for wha reason reason. who knows? >> steve, maybe you know. >> i'm with anwar and keystone pipeline. but with fracking causing earthquakes increighing threefold you'd be careful toing that in cal kpal. >> tracy, go ahead. >> brenda, i think one piece we're missing are state taxes. this piece of the gasoline price is not going away. that will continue to go up. couple that with gasoline prices going up higher than our wages. that's the bottom line. >> gary v, it will have an impact on the economy, don't you think? >> absolutely. you know, i want to get back to the point that jonas was making. you know, while
the utica shale in new york would erase the new york deficit. we're not sticking one drill bit in that either. we have oil all over this country. we are not tracki fcking anywhe because we don't have an epa who will stand up and say, we need to do this or this to make it safe. it's all the above angs. we don't have that because we have no plan. there's been four environmental studies on the keystone pipeline. all are clean. we aren't doing it for wha reason reason. who knows? >> steve,...
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we need to bring deficits down. we need to get our country on a fiscally sustainable path, but we need to do so in a rational way which does not undermine our national security, does not undermine the services of being rendered to the people who are relying on them and that does not send the message to our employees and those whom we need to recruit in the future hat we're a good employer, we're a caring employer, we're an effective employer and you ought to work for us, you ought to work for your country, for your fellow citizens. mr. speaker, we need to go to conference, we need to get rid of the sequester, we need to put america on a rational path to fiscal responsibility and effectiveness and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. coble, for five minutes. mr. coble: i thank the speaker. mr. speaker, benghazi mattered and the american people deserve answers. on the evening of september 11, 2012, terrorist
we need to bring deficits down. we need to get our country on a fiscally sustainable path, but we need to do so in a rational way which does not undermine our national security, does not undermine the services of being rendered to the people who are relying on them and that does not send the message to our employees and those whom we need to recruit in the future hat we're a good employer, we're a caring employer, we're an effective employer and you ought to work for us, you ought to work for...
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it helps our deficit problem as well. the only other point i want to make is this. some are comparing this bill to the president's health care bill. nothing could be further from the truth. i supported this president's health care bill, and i still do, but that was basically a democratic effort. it had no republicans have been. mccain and schumer would not be standing here together in favor of the aca. and this bill has very broad support. it's bipartisan. it has the support on the health care bill business and labor were split. business and labor united here. we have evangelicals. we have the agriculture community, both growers and workers. and so to say that this is just like the president health care bill, nothing could be further from the trees. this is just what america wants us to do. work together in a bipartisan way to move forward. so those extreme opponents come they keep coming up with new reasons to oppose the bill. one of their latest is all, our bill is 1000 pages and complicated. well, from what i understand, the bill so they're putting together and t
it helps our deficit problem as well. the only other point i want to make is this. some are comparing this bill to the president's health care bill. nothing could be further from the truth. i supported this president's health care bill, and i still do, but that was basically a democratic effort. it had no republicans have been. mccain and schumer would not be standing here together in favor of the aca. and this bill has very broad support. it's bipartisan. it has the support on the health care...
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why is the trade deficit still soaring? why? >> by the way, i have to get out. i can't get in. >> there's a manufacturing renaissance. >> why are we losing jobs? >> it's called energy. >> we are producing more with fewer workers. it's amazing. >> by the way, not only are we importing less and less energy, we are going to be exporting more and more energy and it will bring the trade deficit to almost nothing which will give me a strong dollar, king dollar is going to look great. the inflation rate which is now 1% will go to 0% and you'll worry about deflation. >> then we're going to start 3-d printing gold. it will plummet even faster. >> gold is about 1,000 bucks an ounce. thank you, gentlemen. we appreciate it. >>> all hail the state of south dakota. cnbc has just named it as the number one state for business in america. and the man who puts that list together, cnbc's scott cone joins us live from the foot of mount rushmore. he'll explain. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it'
why is the trade deficit still soaring? why? >> by the way, i have to get out. i can't get in. >> there's a manufacturing renaissance. >> why are we losing jobs? >> it's called energy. >> we are producing more with fewer workers. it's amazing. >> by the way, not only are we importing less and less energy, we are going to be exporting more and more energy and it will bring the trade deficit to almost nothing which will give me a strong dollar, king dollar is...
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guest: i think that the trade deficit had been an issue for the u.s. there have been a lot of jobs, essentially we opened up ourselves to the world from a global trade perspective and we didn't really put a lot of emphasis on making sure that the other countries that we were doing business with had, say, the same labor standards, the same pay levels. so many american workers were thrown into competition with a huge global competition with workers willing to be paid a lot less. so a lot of that work was transferred there. some people say that's the way it goes and how the global economy moves around. that might be the case. but that doesn't mean there aren't jobs americans can't do. and the definition of doing something that your caller -- i agree that there are do-nothing jobs in every organization probably. but the point that your caller was making i think there are -- the definition of doing something is very broad and there are a lot of thing that is need to be done in this country including services jobs that aren't getting filled by the private se
guest: i think that the trade deficit had been an issue for the u.s. there have been a lot of jobs, essentially we opened up ourselves to the world from a global trade perspective and we didn't really put a lot of emphasis on making sure that the other countries that we were doing business with had, say, the same labor standards, the same pay levels. so many american workers were thrown into competition with a huge global competition with workers willing to be paid a lot less. so a lot of that...
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quite frankly, i think the biggest issue facing our country continuing to run trillion dollar deficits year year and while it will dip a little bit there year because increase which i didn't support and sequestration two-thirds of andatory spending, fad -- food stamps tripling in 10 years, if -- n't get criminal control of what has gone from ne-third to two-thirds of our budget is the greatest challenge. i'm not at the center of those the judiciary ay committee has control over constitution the and i have felt a long time that we should have a constitutional limiting the ability of the federal government to borrow money requiring the its budgetto balance except in times of national emergency. most important issue in my opinion facing our government. immigration reform is a major judiciary efore the committee and i'm excited about the opportunity to work on this. when the democrats were in the committee and in the house and in the senate and for his dent obama first two years, they did nothing about immigration reform. i'm pleased that we are working on it and pleased that we are in the
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according to congressional budget office, the immigration bill would cut the deficit by nearly $200 billion over the next decade. critics say that conclusion is based on washington accounting tricks. using social security and medicare payroll contributions from newly legalized workers to find spending elsewhere. eventually all the money would have to be used to pay for the benefits that the workers would draw during their retirement. kid is amazing. accoing to the heritage foundation once the amnesty recipients reach retirement age the annual net cost to taxpayers will reach $160 billion per year now, if those numbers are rrect this is not a great ide remember, it was the congressional budget office that initially projected obamacare would cost 900 billion over ten years. now as they revise a further they double their estimate. these are vy early estimates. i think even the congressional budget office would agree. and then there is the little matter of loopholes dollars a big deal in washington. the word whenever appears in the gang of a legislation 94 times. given the power to grant waiver
according to congressional budget office, the immigration bill would cut the deficit by nearly $200 billion over the next decade. critics say that conclusion is based on washington accounting tricks. using social security and medicare payroll contributions from newly legalized workers to find spending elsewhere. eventually all the money would have to be used to pay for the benefits that the workers would draw during their retirement. kid is amazing. accoing to the heritage foundation once the...
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trade deals that are very much pro corporate he has offered to cut social security he's repeated the deficit rhetoric of the right etc etc etc but he's also emphasized his what he calls his evolving positions on gay marriage and and women's issues and so on so as a result even though he's far to the right of the democratic base on economic issues he still enjoys eighty five percent support among registered democrats so that's the playbook that's the clinton playbook and if somebody about doesn't call them on it i think that's how we're going to see the continued wealth inequity and corporatization of america you know i would submit that these economic policies whether it's rahm emanuel's or bill clinton's or for that matter barack obama's are to the right certainly to the right of dwight eisenhower who in one thousand fifty six ran for reelection in the fact that he had added more than a million people to the union roles and expanded social security and i think to the right of richard nixon so assuming that that's the case what do we do about it how do we get democratic politicians who with
trade deals that are very much pro corporate he has offered to cut social security he's repeated the deficit rhetoric of the right etc etc etc but he's also emphasized his what he calls his evolving positions on gay marriage and and women's issues and so on so as a result even though he's far to the right of the democratic base on economic issues he still enjoys eighty five percent support among registered democrats so that's the playbook that's the clinton playbook and if somebody about...
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if you want to cut the deficit, there are other ways to do it. the cbo said there's no deficit reduction the first ten years. look it up, governor. >>. >> thank you very much. >> the tea party, there's a political side to this. and here's the most politicians. the republican party is going to become a minority party. maybe all of those two-party republicans in the house will keep their seats. but you're going to continue to lose presidential elections. you're going to lose the hispanic voter even more than you did in the last election. and it's political suicide what you're doing. >> what happened after the -- did the republicans share the latino vote go up with president reagan? >> yes, it did. >> george h.w. it went down. >> issues change. this is a gateway. senator mccain said, this is a gateway issue for latino votes. >>> we'll come back and talk a little bit more about the political reaction to the zimmerman verdict. ings. and right now we've got everything you need for a great summer. this 5-piece dining set on clearance, save over $49! mar
if you want to cut the deficit, there are other ways to do it. the cbo said there's no deficit reduction the first ten years. look it up, governor. >>. >> thank you very much. >> the tea party, there's a political side to this. and here's the most politicians. the republican party is going to become a minority party. maybe all of those two-party republicans in the house will keep their seats. but you're going to continue to lose presidential elections. you're going to lose the...
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delaying them would add to the deficit or debt, or would you say it is worth it if we can save americans from these onerous burdens? >> i get my colleagues to give their thoughts, but my view is anything we can do to delay the impacts of this on the american people is a good thing. while we all acknowledge delaying the employer mandate for a year is a good thing, the individual mandate is set to kick in on the first of next year and that will hit 6 million americans with a $1200 tax increase. inevitably, you will see as many of my colleagues have noted, premiums going up as a result of the mandates in the legislation. i think we would love, in a perfect world, that we were not here. we think there is a better way to do this. we are where we are. anything we can do in a significant or substantial way to delay the implementation of a bad piece of legislation that will adversely impact the american economy and jobs and raise health insurance premiums for people all across the country would be a good thing. the house will vote this week on delaying the individual mandate for a year. i suppor
delaying them would add to the deficit or debt, or would you say it is worth it if we can save americans from these onerous burdens? >> i get my colleagues to give their thoughts, but my view is anything we can do to delay the impacts of this on the american people is a good thing. while we all acknowledge delaying the employer mandate for a year is a good thing, the individual mandate is set to kick in on the first of next year and that will hit 6 million americans with a $1200 tax...
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that wipes out the california deficit. if we had a national energy plan, we could create millions of jobs by knowing if a pipeline works or if a pipeline doesn't. we are the only developed country in the world not having one. that does hurt. >> jim, take him on. >> we've got a lot of part-time workers in this jobs report. why is that? because of government mandate reting to obama care. whether it's crowding out or red tape, they are not creating a big playing field for small businesses and that's why small businesses are not hiring. >> okay. two texans get the last word. thanks, guys. >>> young americans getting restless. a new poll shows their trust in d.c. is fading, overall nsa snooping. why at could help support for big government in d.c. that's at the bottom of the hour. but up here first, employers may have dodged the health care law for another year, but you may not be so lucky. remember this? >> if you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep caused that accident. >>> delaying the employer mandate has som
that wipes out the california deficit. if we had a national energy plan, we could create millions of jobs by knowing if a pipeline works or if a pipeline doesn't. we are the only developed country in the world not having one. that does hurt. >> jim, take him on. >> we've got a lot of part-time workers in this jobs report. why is that? because of government mandate reting to obama care. whether it's crowding out or red tape, they are not creating a big playing field for small...
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if you want to reduce the deficit, investing in education. thank you very much. >> the house today approved a farm bill by a vote bill2126- 216-208. opposed theucus farm bill and launched a protest. here is that debate. >> further embellishments will result in a deduction of time from the yielding member. ther. speaker, i yield to gentleman from florida, mr. hastings for unanimous consent. >> i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in very strong opposition to the farm bill and underlying bill because it takes the safety net away from american families. >> without objection, the time is charged. >> i yield to the gentleman from new york. >> thank you. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in strong opposition to the farm bill rolen the airline bill because it hurts america's children. correct -- rule and the underlying bill because it >> mr. speaker, and ask unanimous consent to revise my remarks. >> without objection. >> the gentleman from massachusetts. >> i yield to the gentlewoman from florida. >> i ask u
if you want to reduce the deficit, investing in education. thank you very much. >> the house today approved a farm bill by a vote bill2126- 216-208. opposed theucus farm bill and launched a protest. here is that debate. >> further embellishments will result in a deduction of time from the yielding member. ther. speaker, i yield to gentleman from florida, mr. hastings for unanimous consent. >> i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in very strong opposition to...
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it will increase the deficit. back in january i predicted that the obama administration would not have these exchanges ready on time, and what they just admitted is that they won't have the anti-fraud measures ready on time, but they said, who cares. we'll just blow the doors open. leave the federal treasury open. let people claim subsidies i will legitimately. you remember in the home stretch before president obama passed obama care president obama swore up and down that he would fight for health care. he said he would eliminate every instance of health care fraud in the government. the worst part is, he doesn't have the authority to do this. >> i want to get to that in a minute. i want to ask one quick follow-up. regarding the lack of income documentation for ineligibility, this is so much like the housing crisis of years ago it's unbelievable because then liar loans were handed out with no income and no documentation. why is this any different, michael cannon? this is the health care version of the housing bubb
it will increase the deficit. back in january i predicted that the obama administration would not have these exchanges ready on time, and what they just admitted is that they won't have the anti-fraud measures ready on time, but they said, who cares. we'll just blow the doors open. leave the federal treasury open. let people claim subsidies i will legitimately. you remember in the home stretch before president obama passed obama care president obama swore up and down that he would fight for...
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the syrian opposition has been unable to assume a united front against government forces push down deficit across the country the latest outbreak of infighting has also stuck fears that what weapons smuggled to the rebels could end up in. treatment for a syrian army spokesman to sack a man that is as of radical islamists hijack the struggle against assad and if western makes truly cautious and down. there's no guarantee that these weapons. one be war with and you know the judge had the most wrong in there's no guarantee that the police and army can contain these weapons i think initially. as you know and if america wants to see these weapons they should sit down with. the judge had almost sort of. caught off and say listen guys we are willing to argue so long as we work out a contract that. said he dropped the are going to drop the arms and give them back to the rebels who then supplied will give about two hours or just completely dropped them and then the syrians themselves are sort of their internal issues are to have a problem with the world right now sitting down and negotiating someth
the syrian opposition has been unable to assume a united front against government forces push down deficit across the country the latest outbreak of infighting has also stuck fears that what weapons smuggled to the rebels could end up in. treatment for a syrian army spokesman to sack a man that is as of radical islamists hijack the struggle against assad and if western makes truly cautious and down. there's no guarantee that these weapons. one be war with and you know the judge had the most...
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this program was supposed to rules the deficit. supposed to make the deficit lower. in fact everything we're finding out, going to make the deficit much bigger. >> allison is steve right? if the programs aren't working, become too unaffordable no one left to go to except the wide open arms of the government, they'll say, we'll take you. >> i think that's exactly what everything is lining up to say, and steve explained that very well. >> guess what, that costs a lot more. cost. the taxpayer a lot more you really need young people to sign up for healthcare in order for the system. obamacare to work. give me ten seconds on that. >> well, this debate is -- everybody knows obamacare is going to fail. we'll have a debate about a single pair government system. that's where the left has also wanted to go. >> we have have to it there. thank you very much. >> with the healthcare law under fire, will volters fire democrats in the mid-term elections? to larry who is going to talk about the political fallout. larry, the employer mandate gets delayed by a year, conveniently just p
this program was supposed to rules the deficit. supposed to make the deficit lower. in fact everything we're finding out, going to make the deficit much bigger. >> allison is steve right? if the programs aren't working, become too unaffordable no one left to go to except the wide open arms of the government, they'll say, we'll take you. >> i think that's exactly what everything is lining up to say, and steve explained that very well. >> guess what, that costs a lot more. cost....
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it's a form of deficit funding. and that is building up on this side. >> the other problem is, too, these people were promised something. i understand government workers. i'm the first one to criticize them for getting sweetheart deals. but if they were promised something, they should be made hold as well. a lot of them took less money in favor of pensions and less stuff down the road. ultimately we know who is to blame. the politicians who didn't want to go to the taxpayers and say we've got to pay these people more now. >> part of it -- >> we've got to go, steven. i don't know the guy and i don't have a stake in the book, but read it. it came out a while ago. i finished it in three days f you want to read about the ultimate functionality, money for firehouses that didn't exist, people not paying taxes because they have no services but there's no services because they are not paying taxes. that's the toilet bowl of a city finances. i don't know charlie. seems like an interesting guy. i'd like to meet him some day.
it's a form of deficit funding. and that is building up on this side. >> the other problem is, too, these people were promised something. i understand government workers. i'm the first one to criticize them for getting sweetheart deals. but if they were promised something, they should be made hold as well. a lot of them took less money in favor of pensions and less stuff down the road. ultimately we know who is to blame. the politicians who didn't want to go to the taxpayers and say we've...
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the economy is improving, not as sharply as we all would hope that is significantly improving and the deficit has gone down by $200 billion just in the last three or four months and is now below trillion dollars. it is quite likely that the ball of the ryan plan would have been enacted into law in the early days of the romney administration because the same way that obama was passed with 51 votes under an obscure senate rule that allows it for budget and tax related legislation, this plan would have very likely pass and actually somebody in the white house said he thought it would even get some democratic votes if romney won. this plan didn't cut budgets by 5% or 10% like the sequestration. we are talking 30, 40, 50, 60% cuts, elimination of programs, planned parenthood, amtrak, being only the best known of them, privatizing medicare as they proposed during the campaign. if this bill had passed stay in the spring and the economy is going up, what would people be saying now all? reasonable people, would say we got rid of the jimmy carter/barack obama flu, got business friendly president, pass
the economy is improving, not as sharply as we all would hope that is significantly improving and the deficit has gone down by $200 billion just in the last three or four months and is now below trillion dollars. it is quite likely that the ball of the ryan plan would have been enacted into law in the early days of the romney administration because the same way that obama was passed with 51 votes under an obscure senate rule that allows it for budget and tax related legislation, this plan would...
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the deficit is a serious problem. >> it seems like this and even with the delay, what we are getting is an acknowledgment that there are problems. something is wrong. even he admits we should be doing 300,000 jobs a month at this point. the main point here, delaying the employer mandate. admitting we should be doing the hundred thousand jobs. that may be a sense in the right direction. you cannot keep blaming this on republicans. >> he does not acknowledge the affect of the health reform on the economy. charles: just one of those guys. spend, spend, spend. let's get back to the cove. a bunch of stocks hitting new highs today. nicole: many names continue to hit all-time highs. breaking through even their own new records that they continue to set. just to give you some perspective here, how about names like texas roadhouse. up 30, 40, 50, 60%. noodles, that is the newest one. it went from $18 to $52 weeks. charles: one thing is for sure, we all have to eat. everything you are hearing about gold is wrong. we will hear why gold is still a great investment. a lot of people have abandoned
the deficit is a serious problem. >> it seems like this and even with the delay, what we are getting is an acknowledgment that there are problems. something is wrong. even he admits we should be doing 300,000 jobs a month at this point. the main point here, delaying the employer mandate. admitting we should be doing the hundred thousand jobs. that may be a sense in the right direction. you cannot keep blaming this on republicans. >> he does not acknowledge the affect of the health...
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that are better used to invest in the future and paying off our deficit. we simply cannot afford to spend taxpayer dollars on research, the private sector can do better and taxpayers should not be asked to provide additional support to an industry that consistently has record-breaking profits. our energy sector has some of the of the most promising ideas and technologies in the world. our energy policy, however, is horribly outdated. h.r. 2609 slashes research and development for renewable energy by some 60% and adds additional money that the administration either want -- neither wants nor needs to research fossil fuels and clean coal. at the same time it continues to spend far too much on fossil fuel r&d. in fact, we dole out more fossil fuel subsidies than any other country. more than $500 billion in 2011. and they often go to expensive projects with little upside. the fact is we don't need to spend taxpayer money this way. fossil fuel companies are highly profitable, posting some of the highest profits in the world, and they can shoulder than other r&d
that are better used to invest in the future and paying off our deficit. we simply cannot afford to spend taxpayer dollars on research, the private sector can do better and taxpayers should not be asked to provide additional support to an industry that consistently has record-breaking profits. our energy sector has some of the of the most promising ideas and technologies in the world. our energy policy, however, is horribly outdated. h.r. 2609 slashes research and development for renewable...
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of it than morsi is government did i mean he was running the country on a billion and a half a month deficit using this was a military coup i think it was a military coup that was enhanced and really made possible by the large public opposition against morsi i really do i think that morsi started this fight well as it gets the start to fly a little. the problem i have is if indeed it is not some kind of symbol is brought to this do we now take the muslim brotherhood brotherhood and have them combo up with al qaida and the others in the arena to make this world even less safe than it is today just to take issue with michael's point while a lots of folks in the washington post and others are suggesting that the president has been feckless in the state on the sidelines i do not think it helps the process and i don't think it helps our standing in the region if it seems like this is a coup that we support i think it's incredibly important that the egyptian people who oppose morsi who helped give rise to his ouster that they realize that they're in charge of their destiny we're not in charge of i
of it than morsi is government did i mean he was running the country on a billion and a half a month deficit using this was a military coup i think it was a military coup that was enhanced and really made possible by the large public opposition against morsi i really do i think that morsi started this fight well as it gets the start to fly a little. the problem i have is if indeed it is not some kind of symbol is brought to this do we now take the muslim brotherhood brotherhood and have them...